Friday, April 1, 2011

By the time you read this, it will probably be too late to catch Faith In The Fallen’s 9:45 set tonight at Rock US Beer Company at 1801 N. Clybourn. The hard rock quintet, which features current New Millennium Theatre member and former Famous In The Future member Guy Schingoethe on lead vocals, has a gig in Kentucky on April 22nd, as well as one at the Penny Road Pub on June 18th.

Genral Patton & His Privates will be the closing act for the Peace Fest Battle Of The Bands (isn’t that an oxymoron?) tomorrow night at Phyllis’s Musical Inn on 1800 W. Division in Chicago. Other acts include Jagweeds, King Casey, Populele, and Ko Starz. There is a $5 donation.

The Second Disc online newsletter recently reported that The Go-Go’s will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of their effervescent debut, Beauty And The Beat by releasing a variety of special editions in May. The options will include Beauty And The Beat on pink vinyl, and as a two-disc CD set that features live performances as well as the original tracks. The Go-Go’s, who will be performing with The B-52’s at Ravinia on June 17th, are slated to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame in August.

Bruce Springsteen will be Little Steven’s special guest on the guitarist-actor’s syndicated radio show Underground Garage for the next three weeks. Underground Garage airs on Sunday night from 9:00 to 11:00 PM on WXRT in Chicago. Fans can also hear a live stream via the station’s website.

International power pop trio The Britannicas have released a three-sided single - - one song composed by each of the members - - that’s available for free download at drummer-vocalist Joe Algeri’s bandcamp page.

The Bad Examples have just announced their first full concert since the release of their long-awaited Smash Record CD will take place on April 29th at FitzGerald’s in Berwyn.

Also at Fitzgerald’s, the 2nd Annual Concert For Carlos, a tribute to the late journalist Carlos Hernandez Gomez, will be held next Thursday, April 7th. Scheduled performers include Miles Zuniga of the band Fastball; Material re-Issue, featuring singer-guitarist Phil Angotti, along with original members Mike Zelenko and Ted Ansani; The Phil Angotti Band; Eric Howell’s Greatest Hitch!; and The New Fiction, which includes members of The Gear, along with guests Wes Hollywood and Johnny Million. There will be a silent auction with items donated by Rock And Roll Hall of Fame inductees and Grammy Award winning artists. Fitzgerald’s is located on 6615 Roosevelt in Berwyn. Donations can also be sent to the Carlos Hernandez Award in Journalism by contacting Wendy Irvine at DePaul University at wirvine@depaul.edu

Back on February 15th, I did a post on director P. David Ebersole’s Hit So Hard, an independent documentary about former Hole drummer Patty Schemel. Rolling Stone is now reporting that all four members of the band reunited for the premiere at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Bassist Melissa Auf der Maur described the film as, “an incredible survival story about Patty.”

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Broken Hearted Toy is an eclectic celebration of creativity, with over 2,000 posts since 2009.

It's based in Chicago but covers power pop, garage, cutting-edge, and 1960s rock from around the globe; along with occasional bits on art; literature; and theatre.

Top of the hill is a nice place to be at. - - - "Elevated Observations" by The Hollies.

Check out some of my previoius creative endeavors.

Sunday Morning Coffee With Jeff was a weekly Internet show created by and starring Jeff Kelley. It mostly consisted of comedy bits and obscure 1960s garage rock set to vintage TV and film clips but also spotlighted entertainment events around Illinois.

My wife Pam and I created a handful of series (each episode was about two minutes long) that were shown on Sunday Morning Coffee With Jeff. They included Manchester Gallery (see description below); Old Days, which I hosted in the persona of a cranky old man named Fritz Willoughby; Roving Reporter, where I played the clueless title character; What's With Terry?, a performance arts program; and Hanging With The Hollies, a takeoff on Breakfast With The Beatles.

I've also worked with Kelley and Willy Deal on comedy clips, and with Kelley and David Metzger on films for the annual Nightmare on Chicago Street Halloween festival in Elgin.

I'm particularly proud of this 21-episode comedy series Pam and I created for Sunday Morning Coffee With Jeff. Each installment was a few minutes long, and featured me portraying Terrence, the curator of a pop culture museum.

I was a staff writer for this Chicago-based magazine from 1987 to 2015. The Illinois Entertainer has been covering rock music for over 40 years, and can be found in stores and entertainment venues, as well as in an online edition.

Chicago Art Machine was a web-based publishing company run by Editor-in-Chief, Kathryn Born, and Managing Editor, Robin Dluzen, that included Chicago Art Magazine, Chicago DIY Film,Chicago Performance And Trailers, and TINC. Most of my submissions appeared in Chicago DIY Film and Chicago Performance And Trailers, although I contributed to all the online Chicago Art Machine publications.

I was a writer and performer with this local comedy group from 1989 to 2009. Famous In The Future continues to perform in the Chicago area, and appeared at every one of the Abbie Hoffman Died For Our Sinstheatre festivals that were held at the Mary-Arrchie Theatre. Since the closing of the Mary-Arrchie Theatre a few years ago, Famous In The Future has carried on the tradition by presenting Yippie Fest each year in August.

I'm an active member of SCBWI, (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) and have written two Middle Grade fantasy novels. I've just finished a YA/paranormal novel, and also wrote a suspense/satiric novel that takes place amidst Chicago's alternative music scene in the mid-1980s.

Broken Hearted Toy

The blog title comes from the line, "I'm the brokenhearted toy you play with" in the song "I Can't Let Go" by The Hollies. One of the great original British Invasion bands, The Hollies continue to have an immense influence on power pop bands to this day, and have finally been inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Here is a video of "I Can't Let Go" being performed in 1966.